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YONKERS – A city woman is facing cruelty and abandonment charges after leaving her dogs with insufficient water and food over a 10-day period, officials said.

Elizabeth Martin, 39, was arrested Tuesday after three pit bulls, three gerbils and a turtle were found abandoned in her apartment at 20 Orchard Place, according to the SPCA of Westchester's Humane Law Enforcement Division.

Martin, who has surrendered the animals, is charged with three counts of cruelty and three counts of abandonment stemming from the condition of the dogs, all misdemeanors. She is due in Yonkers City Court on Wednesday.

The dogs were taken to a local veterinarian, who determined they were emaciated and dehydrated, according to Ernest Lungaro, director of Humane Law Enforcement for the SPCA.

Rocky, a 3-year-old pit bull, weighed 39 pounds, making him about 40 pounds underweight. Two younger dogs were 20 to 25 pounds underweight. One is suffering from an untreated ringworm infection and all three had severely overgrown nails.

Lungaro said charges weren't filed on behalf of the gerbils or turtle because there were no obvious signs of neglect and they had food and water. They will be cared for in a shelter.

"We were fortunate to be notified of this situation in time to save the animals," Lungaro said. "The SPCA has responded to similar situations in which animals left on their own succumbed to starvation and dehydration."

Anyone who suspects an animal has been abandoned or treated inhumanely should call the SPCA's Animal Cruelty Hotline at 914-941-7797. All calls are confidential.